I had never gone through size changes before. The effect was... weird to say the least. I had gone through time, space, Multiverses.. I had a complete species change, frozen in time and more, and nothing came close to the weirdness of this Quantum Realm. Our teams split off to go our separate ways.

Thor, Rocket and I emerged on Asgard... in the prison cells it seems "Oh great... Loki." I Muttered to myself. Rocket then whispered "Thor, its your home terf, show us the way." We then began running, our Quantum suits going back into its housing unit in our TimeSpace GPS. We ran as quickly as a fat Thor could until we made it upstairs to the palace of Asgard. It was a sureal feeling being back here. I knew younger me was on this very planet, chatting with Younger Thor as we tried to figure out the Aether.. I knew later I would run into Lady Sif and have our.. Moments.. Together. I was suddenly glad Natasha was not with me on this mission because I had never told her of my drunken night with Sif... not that anything serious happened nor were Natasha and I offically a couple at the time.. Still not a conversation I wanted to have with my wife.

We made it to outside the room Jane had been saying in. Thor watched longingly "Oh.. Theres Jane.." He murmured softly. Rocket then said "Alright, Here's the deal Tubby, You're gonna charm her, and I'm gonna poke her with this thing, and extract the reality stone, Lightning Boy over here is going to keep watch and then we are gonna get gone lickety split." Thor sniffed "I'll be right back okay? The Wine Cellar is just down here. My father used to have this huge barrel of Aakonian Ale. I'll see if the scullery has a couple of to-go cups." I shook my head and moved to stand in front of Thor "No buddy.. We need you sober for this... or at least.. As sober as you are now. Got it?" A door banged open and we all took cover behind pillars.

Out walked Frigga herself.. Alive. She was talking with her hand maidens regarding getting more reading material for Loki. I bit my lip and looked down, overcome with guilt. In just a few short hours Asgard would be attacked and she would die when it was my duty to protect her. Rocket asked "Who's the Fancy broad?" Thor then said softly "That's my mother.. She dies today.." I said softly "Thor..." I knew what he must be thinking. We could stop it. This time.. This time I could protect her. He began to have a panic attack "I can't do this, I can't do this.. I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't have come. It's a bad idea.." Rocket then said "Come here" Thor said "no no no no.. I think I'm having.. Having a panic attack. This is a bad-" He was slapped across the face by Rocket hard. I winced "not cool man.." I said softly. Rocket then said "You think you're the only one who lost people? What do you think we're doing here? I lost the only family I ever had. Quill, Groot, Drax, the chick with the Antenna all gone. David you lost people too did you not?" I nodded "Zeus.. Percy.. Annabeth.. Eragon.. Jason.. And thats just the snap.. My mother, Oliver, Laurel.." Rocket held up a hand "Already made my point... Listen Thor I get you miss your mom but she's gone, really gone, and there are plenty of people who are only kind of gone... and you can help them. So is it too much to ask that you brush the crumbs out of your beard, make schmoopy talk to pretty pants and when she is not looking, suck out the infinity stone and help me get my family back?" I nodded and gently placed a hand on Thor's shoulder, now standing beside him. "Help me get my Dragon back.. My brother... my best friends. Help Saphira get her rider back. I want more than anything to save your mom Thor.. To right that wrong.. But that is just one wrong... doing this.. This rights half a universe worth of wrongs for all of us.." He nodded "Okay.." He seemed like he was crying "Are you crying?" Rocket asked " no... yes.. I feel like I'm losing it." Rocket then said "Get it togther, you can do this. You can do this!"

Thor composed himself "Yes I can" I smiled and nodded "Of course you can, you're the god of Thunder... which believe me is hard for me to admit.. Now lets get to work." Rocket and I began walking towards the room. Rocket then said "Alright heartbreaker she is alone this is our shot. Glowchest stand guard, Thor. Thor?" I turned around. Thor was gone. I made to go after him but Rocket said "Wait now. We can't be mucking about. I'll wait until she falls asleep, you keep watch okay." I looked at him and said "he could really screw up the timeline which would create a whole new problem we would need to fix." Rocket shrugged "At least we will have the whole team too deal with it." I hesitated before nodding. "Okay."

I stood outside the door keeping watch, this is when a group of guards made their way towards us on their daily rounds. I tapped my ear "Rocket.. We've got company." He then hissed "Working on it.. She woke up from her beauty nap. So plan B." I groaned "This WAS plan B." I then walked up to the guards who the leader said "HALT!" I stopped in front of them and took in the group of 6. I recognized the leader.. He was the same asgardian whom I always seemed to run into, the one I originally disarmed the first time we met.. And the last time I had stood side by side with him in defense of Asgard's people. "You are not permitted to be here." I cocked my head "Really? Thor wanted someone he trusted to watch after Jane and the Aether, so he asked me." He shooks his head "Thor is the Prince of Asgard and would trust his own people above a Midgardian. What is that on thy chest? You did not have that in the medical center." He pointed at my housing unit on my chest "Ahh.. Well.. That's my suit.. The suit I use on Ear-Midgard to be able to keep up with the likes of the mighty Thor." He looked doubtful "Hiemdal claimed it was a full Chest piece of armor.. Not just a glow light." I shrugged and that was when a body dropped and Rocket came tearing out of the room yelling "I got it go go go!" The guards lept into action and I said "Well shit." I then waved my hand and used the winds to send them flying back. I then tapped the housing unit on my chest, my suit forming over me "I'm really sorry about this guys... I tell you one day we will be friends" I then used repulsor blasts to scare the few that were getting up behind some pillars to bide Rocket some time. I then twisted and took off out a window into the skies of Asgard.

I knew I could not stay in the open long or risk running into my younger version. That version had not experienced time travel yet and would think me an enemy and try to kill me.. And that version still carried my own sword Kveykva which was a formidable weapon.. One I had refused to use since the Snap.. Since it had been thrust into Percy's stomach.. Almost killing him before the snap killed him. I refused to use the weapon mostly responsible for my best friends death.. And I did not want to go up against it now. So I said "EDI. Scan for Thor's time signature so we can get out of here ASAP." She then said "Scanning sweetie." A target marker appeared on my HUD and I dove for it, gliding into the open entrence and hovering there. Thor was there, as was Rocket and Frigga. Thor's eyes widdened "Look out David!" And alarm sounded in my helmet and I twisted around seeing something fly at me. I instinctively moved my hand to grab it. I grabbed on to the handle by remained unmoving. I blinked a few times... I was holding Moljnir! No effort required. I was Worthy... I landed and looked at Thor who was staring at me in shock by with a small smile upon his lips. I deactivated my suit and said "Uh.. I think this is for you." I tossed it at him, who held out his hand and it flew into his hand. He chuckled "I'm worthy! I'm still worthy! And you are too!" I nodded, still in shock about it.

I didn't get it personally. Back in 2015 I was able to lift it slightly but it took great effort and in the end did not yield results. That was at the height of my power and what I would have thought of as worthiness. At that time very few peoples deaths was really my fault, I had recently just saved the world from the Templars.. I was saving lives as both Blue Lightning and Iron Thunder... and half the universe hadn't been dusted from my failures. However I was hiding my double life from my friends and family... I wasn't sure who I was. Was I the dark, serious Blue Lightning... or was I the more rash and up beat Iron Thunder? I was hiding my identity from the world, I hadn't visited my mother, I was at odds at where my relationship with Natasha would go... Since then I had figured out who I really was, I had revealed myself to world as Iron Thunder, I had married Natasha, was the Paragon of Redemption and pretty much come to terms with my eventual death.. Hell I even had a plan to retire to Alagaesia with Natasha and Zeus and raise a family. Maybe that was why I was finally worthy.. I had finally stopped trying to be..

I turned to Frigga and said "I've been waiting many years to say this.. I'm sorry, My hubris is about to get the better of me.. The me of your time.. And I am truly sorry for that." She smiled softly "Well it seems you have figured out your hubris Problem.. Moljnir does not just find anyone worthy." Rocket then said "We've got to go!" I nodded and tapped my time space GPS, my quatum suit activating. "Natasha is going to flip when she seems I can wield the hammer." I tapped it again and shrunk down, traveling back to our present.

We exited the quantum realm back at the time travel machine. I looked around.. Everyone had made it.. With the stones! I then twisted around to Natasha saying "Love we did it, you won-" I stopped dead in my tracks... Natasha wasn't there.. Clint was on his knees, and Harry's head was bent. I looked at Clint "Clint, Where's Tasha?" Clint said nothing so I looked at Harry "Harry.. Where is my Wife?!" Harry looked at me and said "I'm so sorry David.." I looked back at Clint who choked out "She...wanted me to tell you She loves you... and she's sorry you can't raise that family together... I tried to make the sacrifice myself..She beat me.." I turned to Harry as he said "We both did." I couldn't comprehend, me knees got wobbly "You... You promised me you would protect her Harry...I trusted you... They were two trained assassins.. You are a Wizard! You could have easily beat them!" I lashed out, raising my hand and calling Mojlnir. I caught it and pointed it at him, tears now running down my face "I can't believe you were my hero as I kid.. I embraced being a Demigod hero because of you! I... I" I dropped to my hands and knees, keeping myself propped up with the hammer "I can't.. Natasha... why?"